The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-11-24

SEC. 4. A Battalion, or Bat
talions, may be formed from unat-
tached companies at any time ac-
cordlng to the discretion of the
Military Board, on approval of the
General commanding. This Board,
with like approval, shall have con-
troll of all matters relating to organ
ization, location, equipment, trans
fer Of corps or company head
quarters, disarmament and similar
matters, and their decision, or de-
cision of majority thereof, when
so approved by the General COM
handing shall be carried into effect,
unless opposed by written request
of a majority of the Cabinet.
SEC. 3. The Volunteers shall be
equipped, subject to RECOMMENDED
ton ofthe said Board ,approvedby the
General commanding, and the con-
sent of majority of the Cabinet, at
the expense of the Government, but
shall serve without pay, except
when lawfully called out for active
service, when such compensation
shall be allowed, together with free
rations, as the said Board shall fix,
subject to like conditions as men,
toned in the last foregoing section.
SEC. &. In case of tumult, riot,
violent resistance of legal process or
other breach of the peace which the
civil authority on the spot is not
sufficient to prevent or overcome,
it shall be lawful (if on the Island
of Oahu for the Marshal, with the
concurrence of the Attorney-Gene-
raj, or (if on any other lsldnd) for
the Sheriff, there having jurlsdic-
ton, to call to his aid any sufficient
portion or detachment of the Ma
tional Guard within their several
jurisdictions; and it shall be the
duty Of any commanding officer so
receiving such request, in writing,
for aid, to call out the forces under
his command, or a sufficient portion
thereof, in aid of the civil authori-
ties.
SEC. Z. The Brigadier General
shall be appointed and commission
ed in manner as follows: A meet
ing of all the field, staff and line
officers of the various corps exist
ing under the provisions of this Act
(but no officer of the general staff)
shall be beld, on the notification of
the senior officer thereof within
thirty days from the passage of this
Act, at which meeting a majority of
the whole shall be quorum. If
quorum be not present, the meeting
shall be adjourned one week, when
any number less than majority
present a half-hour after the time
named in the notice shall be consi-
dered a quorum. The senior officer
present shall preside. The vote
shall be Uicd U0ce on call of the roll
of the Secretary, beginning with
the junior officer present and pro-
ceeding in succession to the senior.
Each such officer shall name his
choice for Brigadier General, and it
shall require a majority of the votes
cast TO elect. Should the vote re-
suit in tie, other votes shall be
taken until some candidate shall
obtain a majority.
The candidate who shall receive
majority of such votes shall be at
once reported to the Minister of the
Interior, who shall forthwith re-
port the same to the Cabinet and
also to the King, and the King
shall thereupon commission the per-
son so chosen and reported as Brig
adler General, unless majority of
the Cabinet shall endorse upon the
paper conveying the notification of
such choice to the Minister of the
Interior, their disapproval of such
person being so commissioned.
Should majority of the Cabinet so
disapprove, the Minister of the In
terror shall so notify the aforesaid
chairman. who shall call another
meeting of the officers aforesaid
within thirty days, when the same
rules shall be observe for new choice
which however, may result in the
same selection. If disapproval by
the Cabinet of candidate previous
ly reported to and disapproved by
them should occur a second time,
the Cabinet shall then vote for a
Brigadier General. A plurality vote
of the members of the Cabinet shall
then be conclusive; and in case of
a tie, lots shall be cast for the two
names standing equal, and the re-
suit shall be decisive.
Sec. s.. All subsequent elections
shall be similarly held on the last
Monday in January of each alter
nate year, beginning with January,
1890, after the holding Of elections
for officers in the Volunteers as
hereinafter provided; and at such
elections all officers of any Volun-
tecr companies on any of the ISL
ands other than Oahu may either
be present at the meeting and vote,
or send their several votes by letter
addressed to the senior field officer
of the National Guard at Military
headquarters, who, to repder the
same valid must receive it nor later
than the Saturday preceding the
Monday of election.
Sec. 8. The Brigadier-G General
so elected and commissioned shall in